Jobless people in hot weather

Published: 18 May 2020 05:05 BdSTUpdated: 18 May 2020 05:05 BdST

The people who live from hand to mouth have to go out of their homes every day amid the coronavirus lockdown in search of work or aid. Many of them took a nap wherever they could in the hot summer weather in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Hungry and jobless, people from the working class taking a nap under the shade of trees outside the parliament building in Dhaka on a sultry summer day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Two women, who went out in search of work amid the coronavirus lockdown, sleeping on the pavement outside the parliament building in Dhaka as scorching heat baked the city. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A child sleeping under a tree outside the parliament building in Dhaka after he got tired searching for aid on an energy-sapping hot summer day. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A man sleeping on a road divider on Manik Miah Avenue in Dhaka with a polythene bag full of food near his head amid the coronavirus lockdown during Ramadan. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

An unattended toddler playing on the pavement as his exhausted mother sleeps nearby after looking for handouts on Bijoy Sarani in Dhaka as hot summer weather grips the city amid the coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

An elderly woman sitting on the road divider on Bijoy Sarani in Dhaka while another is sleeping after getting exhausted in search of handouts as hot summer weather grips the city amid the coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A man wearing a face mask sleeps on a traffic cone on the pavement of Bijoy Sarani in Dhaka as hot summer weather grips the city amid the coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

An embroider, who identified himself with the single name Russell, rests lying on the pavement of Chandrima Udyan in Dhaka as he gets tired while searching for work amid unforgiving summer weather and the coronavirus lockdown. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove